Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-02

Water Company Inyiting a Test of the
tions to tho Water System-Proof Posi-
tive.
The Silver Bow Water Company held an
important business meeting Saturday even
ing, at which they decided to make exten-
sivo adaiA:oI1 TO LueIr system Duu1n
Butte. The extensions will be commenced
Immediately, and all the men that can be
procured will be put to work on them this
morning. The new work will consist in
laying 5000 feet Of piping from where their
main crosses the railroa track to run along
Front street and two-inch pipes up Utah and
Wyoming streets. AS these streets are
large number of families in South Butte
will soon enjoy the blessing OF abundant
pure water. The big Knowles pipe at the
works has capacity equal to several
times the present consumption, but when
the character OF the fluid it supplies be-
comes more generally known, it will be
worked to it's full capacity.
As soon as the Montana Central depot
is completed next spring, a five-inch main
will be laid to supply it with the necessary
wafer. At the meeting the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS The Health Officer of Butte
City, ut meeting Of the City Council, Octo-
ber 27. did assail the purity OF the water
supplied by this company from it's works
located in the flat south OF the city, and in
this way has disturbed the minds of the
people who are using said water and are
not acquainted with the location OF the
reservoir, the character OF the formation
and the slope OF the country about the
cemetery and waterworks; and
WHEREAS. We believe not a particle OF
evidence can be fonnd to support the
charge made by said officer, but on the con-
trary we believe every fact and c'rcum
stance bearing upon the character o! the
fornat and ground, both at the reser-
voir and cemetery, the supply and apparent
source OF the water and the lay OF
the country, negative the assertion OF
SAID. officer and render it impossible
or any seepase 10 exist between the
cemetery and reservoir. hence we believe
said accusation vas made without any
evidence to support it and that the people
were disturbed AS to the pI.ity uf the water
without any canse or reason "hateVef,
therefore, he it
Resolved, The Silver Bow Water Com
pany does hereby request the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen to go ana vie" thc
premises above mentioned ct their earliest
convenience, and take such other and
further measuses as they may deem neces.
sary in order to make a fair, full and
+horoucb investigation into the quality
axd purity of the water supplied from said
reservoir, and establish beyond doubt
ell her its purity or impurity and thus set
at rest a Que stIon OF vital Importance to
the citizens OF Butte, and
Resolved, That We pledge ourselves TO
render all the assistance we are able 20
make such investigation full, complete and
satisfactory 10 every particular.
ADDITIONAL PROOF.
Ia speaking to The MINER reporter about
the water scare yesterday. Mr.. John L.
THOMPSON, manager OF the Butte Reduction
Works. deduced the following proofs OF its
.,bsurdity: ANY intelligent person" said
Mr.. Thompson. "who goes down there and
looks at the lay OF the land, will see that i
anr spage from the graveyard escapes the
cuilies that cut through it and behind 1T,
Il must run toward the wood fiune and the
Butte Reduction Works. Seeley's boarding
house is between the graveyard and the
works, and is at least 600 feet nearer to
the graveyard than the pump house is.
During the last three years there has
always been from fifty to Sixty men BOARD
ing at that house, and using water out OF
the we'll there, and there was never a sign
OF sickness among them. Mr.. McArthur's 8
residence is close by the boarding house.
aud his family also use well water with per
feet safety. The men at the reduction
works also use we'll water, and am just
having another well dug there to provide
them with drinking water. The wells in
that neighborhood are about fifteen feet
deep. They cit through the same layer
of hardpan tat was found by the Water
Company van,! ths tevidentlyextendsa all over
that section. ant. the same bed OF quick
sand under the hard pan, is encountered in
all the wells. All the water that comes
from beneath the hardpan is pure and
good. as proved cf years OF use. and do
not believe that any organic matter would
be found il 1t by ,.5e n:ost care.ui ana iys's.
| think II was {. most foolish th:ng % ex-
p.css this suspicion. that has oaiy fright
ene,i Il lot vi people without doin: any
good. The srodnd haH bcen well covered
Nv the articles in 1'uE MINER. ard mention
the experience OF the boarding house as ad-
ditional proof of the purity OF the water
from beneath the stratum OF ciay."